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One of the great things about Whistler is the lack of automobiles. The stores and restaurants in town don’t face the roads, but instead, they front a large network of walkways known as the Whistler Stroll. That coupled with a convenient bus service make having a car not only unnecessary, but almost a liability. We were sure glad we hadn’t rented one!

The gondolas leading up either Whistler or Blackcomb mountain are found at the end of this walkway, so even if you are skiing or downhill biking, you can still walk from most hotels.

We are hitting the office pretty hard right now, so I thought I would share a few more photos from our recent Canada trip. This is another one from the beautiful Inner Harbour area of Victoria. And yeah, that is how the spell harbor in Canada.

Well, saying how much I loved a flower garden isn’t going to do anything to improve the macho, tough guy image I have worked so hard to create (joking), but this place was gorgeous! I think you could be blind folded, and still could come away with beautiful images, because literally every inch of extensive grounds at Butchart Gardens is perfectly manicured with wonderful, colorful flowers. Here are more Victoria photos.

These beautiful clouds and thunderstorm pretty much appeared out of nowhere at the end of a hot day in Whistler. This is at the base of Whistler Mountain – you can see some of the Bike Park. The top of the mountain you see here is the 1/3 point on the ride to the top! Blackcomb is equally as tall, and rises to the left of this view.

Usually the blog is pretty close to real time – but I have fallen behind a bit. We actually returned to Alaska yesterday, but I will keep sharing more photos from this trip.

Having only one full day (two nights) in both Whistler and Victoria was not near enough time. Unfortunately, it would have cost us a bunch more of our valuable free miles to return after Tuesday – so we did our best to cram it all in.

Mountain biker launches of a ledge on one of the intermediate trails in the Bike Park, Whistler, Canada.

We were surprised to see that Whistler is just as busy in the summer as it is in the winter. You can still ski and snowboard high up on the glacier. In addition, you can raft, kayak, golf, zip-line, bungee jump, ride alpine slides…

But the big activity is downhill mountain biking. They have an elaborate set of trails on the mountain complete with ramps, jumps and a whole bunch of other challenges. Riders wear “body armor” and full face helmets and ride mountain bikes that appear to have suspensions similar to motorcycles!

We only had one day and two nights – it was tough not having the time to “play”!